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Archives   2007

Myanmar   Health   Sciences   Research   Journal

Volume   19,  Number   3

TITLE:   Family and community practices of newborn care in Pyay District.
AUTHOR:   Kyu Kyu Than; Than Tun Sein; Ko Ko Zaw; Mon Mon; Myo Myo Mon; Thein Aung; Khin Mar Aye; Myint Lwin
SOURCE:   Myanmar Health Sciences Research Journal. 2007; 19(3): 147-154
ABSTRACT:   The study aims to assess the level of and barriers to key family and community practices concerning newborn care in Pyay District. The study was done from January to June 2005 in five townships of Pyay District. A total of 1090 mothers with under five years old children were interviewed using a pre-tested face-to-face interview questionnaire. For the qualitative assessment, a total of 20 Focus Group Discussions were carried out with 157 mothers. In-depth Interviews were also carried out with 15 health care providers of child care and 7 mothers with neonates. Observations were also done on some of the family and community practices in relation to newborn care. Eighty percent of the mothers in the study had home deliveries. Sixty- two percent of the mothers were delivered by a trained birth attendant. Although most of the deliveries used clean sterilized instruments, there is still practice of using un-sterilized bamboo slab for cutting the umbilical cord by traditional birth attendants. Fifty-four percent of the babies in the study were immediately bathed after birth. Nearly seventy percent of the babies in the study were also wrapped with clothes from head to toe immediately after delivery. All the newborn children in the study were breastfed immediately after birth. But only one third of the breastfed children received exclusive breastfeeding. The reasons underlying the key family and community practices concerning newborn care were also explored. The study highlights that newborn care from a family and community perspective is an important input for the programmes.
SUBJECT HEADINGS:   Family Practice. Infant, Newborn.
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